Takapuna Methodist Church (TMC) has a long history of innovative community development.

It has also built up a reputation for providing leadership within the national Methodist church for seeding effective community work. Examples include:

• 50 years of providing Nancy’s Afternoon, a monthly social outing for up to 12 rest homes on the North Shore
• working with four other churches to provide Takapuna Interchurch Community Service (TICS) from the neighbouring Richardson Centre
• Know Your Neighbour partnership with Lifewise (later police) provided a Community Development Worker to support local communities and led to Neighbours Day Aotearoa (NDA)

A new initiative was the launch of a new Community Little Library that was blessed by Rev Peter Norman and unveiled by North Shore MP Simon Watts. The idea is for the public to take a book and share it with their neighbours, circulating great stories in the community, at the same time as making connections and forming new friendships.